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Direct linkWynberg, Elizabeth R.; van der Wilt, Femke; Boland, Annerieke; Raijmakers, Maartje E. J.; van der Veen, Chiel – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
In early childhood, young children frequently engage in object-oriented play. According to cultural-historical activity theory, object-oriented play provides children with opportunities to learn about the characteristics and cultural applications of objects and materials. These characteristics are referred to as rules or affordances of objects and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Play, Child Development, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedGoodson, Barbara Dillon; Greenfield, Patricia Marks – Child Development, 1975
Examines the manipulative strategies of 2- to 6-year-olds in terms of three structural principles--hierarchical complexity, interruption and role change--which are formally parallel to dimensions of language structure. Paper includes an extensive discussion of related studies. (JMB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Language Patterns, Object Manipulation, Play
Peer reviewedLanglois, Judith H.; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of social- and object-directed behaviors of preschool children in same or mixed age dyads. Subjects were three- and five-year-oldpreschool children. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Behavior Patterns, Object Manipulation
